Meanings
nounearth-chestnut (plural earth-chestnuts)
plural earth-chestnuts · alternative earth chestnut
- Synonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum
[…] the “Erdkastanie” earth-chestnut (Bunium bulbocastanum), and the Groundnut (Glycine apios) occur only in the southern parts of the country, and even there only occasionally.
1876, Swedish Catalogue. International Exhibition, 1876, volume I. Statistics, Philadelphia: Hallowell & Company, VII. Horticulture, page 218Synonyms: kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum
Similar
kippernutBunium bulbocastanum
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